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Adventure Tourism: Environmental Impacts and Management

Adventure Tourism: Environmental Impacts and Management

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 3030186229
ISBN13: 9783030186227
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Nov 6 2019
Pages: 475
Weight: 1.92
Height: 1.02 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook - 'Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management' and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter.

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